Musical revolutions : how the sounds of the western world changed /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 26 December, 2022 - 18:41

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Isacoff, Stuart,

Source:

Alfred A. Knopf,, New York, United States, p.1 online resource (2022)

Call Number:

ML160

URL:

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3029724

Keywords:

(OCoLC)fst01030269, (OCoLC)fst01736409, fast, Histoire et critique., History and criticism., Music, Music and history., Music., Musique, Musique et histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Singing from Symbols -- Tones Like Coiling Vines -- The Birth of Opera -- Out of the Bachs -- The Showoffs -- The Alchemy of Sound -- Jazz Goes to Paris -- A Great Noise -- Emancipating the Dissonance -- Bebop -- Miles Ahead -- Process Music -- A Question of Sex -- Mozart Among the Lotus Blossoms -- Epilogue. The Revolutionary Spirit."From the critically acclaimed author of Temperament, a narrative account of the most defining moments in musical history-classical, jazz, rock-all of which forever altered Western culture"--Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.